From ba8e0a1437a5f1ea73d22b595b31b2b5c7fc5463 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ryszard Rozak <rrozak@antmicro.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2026 15:26:22 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Set status of finished process immediately (#8503)

Signed-off-by: Ryszard Rozak <rrozak@antmicro.com>
---
 src/V3SchedTiming.cpp                         |  5 +---
 src/V3Timing.cpp                              |  4 ++++
 test_regress/t/t_process_join_any_finished.py | 18 ++++++++++++++
 test_regress/t/t_process_join_any_finished.v  | 24 +++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 create mode 100755 test_regress/t/t_process_join_any_finished.py
 create mode 100644 test_regress/t/t_process_join_any_finished.v

diff --git a/src/V3SchedTiming.cpp b/src/V3SchedTiming.cpp
index f432a9a5c..e5078ad77 100644
--- a/src/V3SchedTiming.cpp
+++ b/src/V3SchedTiming.cpp
@@ -545,10 +545,7 @@ class TransformForksVisitor final : public VNVisitor {
         // Replace the body of the begin with a call to the newly created function
         nodep->addStmtsp(callp->makeStmt());
         // Propagate if needs process
-        if (nodep->needProcess()) {
-            newfuncp->setNeedProcess();
-            newfuncp->addStmtsp(new AstCStmt{flp, "vlProcess->state(VlProcess::FINISHED);"});
-        }
+        if (nodep->needProcess()) newfuncp->setNeedProcess();
         remapLocals(newfuncp, callp);
     }
     void visit(AstCAwait* nodep) override {
diff --git a/src/V3Timing.cpp b/src/V3Timing.cpp
index 733e9fd64..a346dff7e 100644
--- a/src/V3Timing.cpp
+++ b/src/V3Timing.cpp
@@ -1463,6 +1463,10 @@ class TimingControlVisitor final : public VNVisitor {
 
             // Name the begin (later the name will be used for a new function)
             itemp->name(nodep->name() + "__" + std::to_string(idx++));
+            if (itemp->needProcess()) {
+                itemp->addStmtsp(
+                    new AstCStmt{itemp->fileline(), "vlProcess->state(VlProcess::FINISHED);"});
+            }
         }
         if (!nodep->joinType().joinNone()) makeForkJoin(nodep);
     }
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_process_join_any_finished.py b/test_regress/t/t_process_join_any_finished.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..46d1fe4c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_process_join_any_finished.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# DESCRIPTION: Verilator: Verilog Test driver/expect definition
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of either the GNU Lesser General Public License Version 3
+# or the Perl Artistic License Version 2.0.
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Wilson Snyder
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-only OR Artistic-2.0
+
+import vltest_bootstrap
+
+test.scenarios('simulator')
+
+test.compile(verilator_flags2=['--binary'])
+
+test.execute()
+
+test.passes()
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_process_join_any_finished.v b/test_regress/t/t_process_join_any_finished.v
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f33b56b8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_process_join_any_finished.v
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// DESCRIPTION: Verilator: Verilog Test module
+//
+// This file ONLY is placed under the Creative Commons Public Domain.
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Antmicro
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
+
+module t;
+  process proc;
+
+  initial begin
+    fork
+      begin
+        proc = process::self();
+        #1;
+      end
+      #10;
+    join_any
+
+    if (proc.status() != process::FINISHED) $stop;
+
+    $write("*-* All Finished *-*\n");
+    $finish;
+  end
+endmodule